Taeko Namba
Taeko Namba ( Japanese 難 波 多 慧 子 , Namba Taeko ; * around 1936) is a former Japanese table tennis player . In the 1950s, she won three gold medals at world championships .
Career
Taeko Namba is left-handed, she played with a penholder stick position.
She won the Japanese student championship in 1957. She was nominated for the first time in 1956 for the World Cup in Tokyo. She reached the quarterfinals in doubles with Kiyoko Tasaka. At the World Cup in 1957 she was world champion with the team, in mixed with Keisuke Tsunoda she finished third. She won two other world titles in 1959 , again with the team and doubles with Kazuko Yamaizumi .
She achieved further international success at the Asian Games in 1958, where she was first in individual and team competition. In 1959, she finished ninth in the ITTF world rankings .
Taeko Namba married in 1960 and then ended her career as a competitive athlete.
Results from the ITTF database
| Association | event | year | place | country | singles | Double | Mixed | team |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JPN | Asian Games | 1958 | Tokyo | JPN | gold | Semifinals | 1 | |
| JPN | World Championship | 1959 | Dortmund | FRG | Quarter finals | gold | Quarter finals | 1 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1957 | Stockholm | SWE | last 64 | Quarter finals | Semifinals | 1 |
| JPN | World Championship | 1956 | Tokyo | JPN | last 32 | Quarter finals | last 16 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ according to the magazine tischtennis , 1959/6 page 2 she was 23 years old in 1959
- ↑ USA Table Tennis: Sharon Acton (accessed March 10, 2016)
- ↑ Tischtennis magazine , 1957/7 page 2
- ^ Table Tennis, February 1960, page 4 Online (accessed March 10, 2016)
- ↑ tischtennis magazine , 1960/20 page 14
- ↑ Taeko Namba results from the ITTF database on ittf.com (accessed on March 10, 2016)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Namba, Taeko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 難 波 多 慧 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese table tennis player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | around 1936 |